Hair clipper



F. FUGITT.

HAIR CLIPPER.

ION FILED 21. 1,427,587, Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

2 SHEETS SHEET I.

F. FUGITT.

HAIR CLIPPER. AFFLICATICIN man MAY 21, 1921.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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FORREST FUGITI, OF CHILLICOTI-IE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOIBERHARD G. BROW'N, OF CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI.

HAIR CLIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 27, 1921. Serial No. 472,979.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fonnnsr FUGITT, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Chillicothe, in the county of Livingston and State of lllissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HairClippers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the inventlon, such as will enable other skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying d 'awings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to hair clippers and one of the objects is toprovide means for providing an articulated joint between the.

clipper head and the handle with means for varying the angle ofinclination of the head with respect to the handle so that the clippersmay be easily manipulated in cutting hair at the back of the head, backof the ears and at the temples.

lin other words, it is thepurpose. of the invention to change the angleof the head portion with respect to the handle whenever desired tofacilitate ease of handling the clippers when in use. i

The novel mechanism by which the de sired result is obtained will beapparent by reference to the following description in connection withthe acompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of ahair clipper constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of a clipper, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clipper mechanism.

Fig. at is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through a completeclipper, and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the operating mechanism.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference:

1 designates a hollow handle which may be substantially rectangular andwhich is provided at its lower end with side bearings 2 and 3 and with atop guard flange i and a bottom guard flange 5.

Fixed in the bearing members and 3 is a transverse shaft 6, on which ispivotally mounted a block 7 having a segmental, cutout portion 8 toreceive a drive shaft 9, one

end of which has a bearing in the shaft. 6, as at 10. The other end ofthe drive shaft e);- tends through the handle and it is shown assupporting bearings 11, 12 and 13 and adapted to be driven by a flexibleconnection 14, receiving motion from any suitable source. The shaft 9carries a pinion 15, which rotates a gear 16, loosely mounted on theshaft 6 and driving a pinion 17 on a stub shaft 18 in the bearing plate19, fixed to the bottom plate 20 rigidly secured to the block '7 by thefastening device 21.

The forward end of the bottom plate con stitutes a stationary cutter bar22 provided with upstanding guides 28 and 524:, which project throughthe elongated slots 25 and 26 of a reciprocatory cutter bar 27, havingan upstanding, channel-shaped member 28, into which is received aneccentricdisk 29 on the end of the shaft 18, so that when the shaft 18rotates, a reciprocatory motion will be impartedto the movable cutterbar The mechanism for operating the cutter bar is not a part of thisinvention since the operation i of re-ziiprocatory clippers is wellknown.

The stationary plate 20 carriesa housing or guard 30, which encloses theoperating mechanism and it is provided with an elongated slot 31.through which the shaft 9 extends, the slot and the cutout portion Sbeing extensive enough to permit limited movement of the block 7 aboutthe axis of the shaft 6, it being apparent by reference to Fig. 4 thatthe slot 31 will at all times be covered by the guards d and 5.

Means is provided for tilting the cutting head with respect to thehandle and said means is shown consisting of lever operating mechanism,best shown in Figs. at and 5. /Vithin the handle 1 is a stud S2, towhich is pivoted a T-shaped lever 33, having along arm 3 1- and twoshort arms 35 and 36. Projecting from the top of the handle are tworigid stop members 37 and 38, through which project thelever-actuatingrods or keys 89 and 40. The rod 39 is fastened to the endof the arm 35 and the rode-0 is fastened to the end of the rod 36. Therod 39 carries a collar 41 against which one end of a coil spring 42bears, the other end bear.- ing against the stop 37 so that there is anormal tendency to press the key or rod 39 outwardly. A similar spring43 has one end bearing against the top 38 and the other against a collar414E on the rod so as to have a tendency to press the rod 4L0 outwardlyin a direction opposite to that in which the spring 4C2 presses the rod39.

The long arm 34: of the T lever is connected to the head 7 by: a link sothat when pressure is applied against the key bottoms as and 47 tocompress the-spring, the lever arm as will be swung away from the head 7and, through the link connection, will swing the head together with theplate 20 and the mechanism carried by the head and plate in an upwarddirection at an angle, for example, as shown in Fig. 2. The angle ofinclination will be determined by the extent of pressure exerted againstthe bottoms 1-6 and 4&7 so that any angle between two extremes may behad.

As soon asthe pressure is relieved from 46 and 47, the springs 42 and aswill exert expansive force against the collars ll and a l so that thekeys or rods will be pushed outwardly, swinging the arm 34 back to asubstantially radial position, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the cuttinghead will assume the position shown in Figs. 1, 4c and 5 and,

therefore, it will be apparent that the angle of inclination of thecutting head with respect to the handle can be controlled through thekeys formed by the push rods 39 and 40 and their abutments i6 and 47during the operation 01 the machine because the fact that the machine isin operation will, in no wise, interfere with changing the angle of thehead with respect to the handle. It will, therefore, be apparent thatthe hair cutting operation can be facilitated.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters-Patent is:

1. A hair clipper comprising a handle and a head, means for articulatingthe head to the handle whereby the head may swing on an arc with respectto the handle, means for determining the extent of movement of said headwith respect to said handle, said means comprising manually actuatedpush rods,.

and connections between the push rods and the head.

2. A hair clipper comprising a handle and a head, means for articulatingthe head to the handle whereby the head may swing on an arc with respectto the handle, means for determining the extent of movement of said headwith respect to said handle, said means comprising spring-pressed pushrods, and connections between the push rods and the head.

3. A hair clipper comprising a handle and a head, means for articulatingthe head to the handle whereby the head may swing .on' an arc withrespect to the handle, means for determining the extent of movement ofsaid head with respect to the handle, said means comprising a leverwithin the handle, a push rod for actuating the lever, and a linkconnection between the lever and the head.

4;. A hair clipper comprising a handle and a head, means forarticulating the head to the handle whereby the head may swing on an arcwith respect to the handle, means for determining the extent of movementof said head with respect to the handle, said means comprising a pivotedT -shaped lever, oppositely functioning push rods connected to the headof the T-sha'ped lever, and a link connection between the long arm o1the T- shaped lever and the head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FORREST FUGITT.

